start becoming familiar with the foreign language learning and teaching studies that have been conducted in Colombia. There are several journals in which such research has been published. For example, Colombian Applied Linguistics, PROFILE, HOW,Matices and IKALA. At the Centro de Recursos you may find some of these journals.
ÍKALA
2012
The most recent Íkala publication is vol. 17 N.1 which comprises from January to April 2012 (5) research articles, a case study and a review.
READING:
Interaction in an EFL reading Comprehension Distance Web-based Course-Jaime Alberto Osorno González, Sergio Alonso Lopera Medina
This article reports the positive and negative effects of an EFL reading comprehension distance web-based course.
Maestro, traductor y tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la Escuela de Idiomas de la Universidad de Antioquia: realidades y retos-María Elena Ardila Restrepo, Luz María Becerra Naranjo, Natalia Isabel Cañas Gil
Este artículo describe los efectos positivos y negativos en un curso de competencia lectora en lengua extranjera inglés en modalidad a distancia en la red basados en cuatro modelos de interacción.
El profesor de inglés: sus creencias sobre la evaluación de la lengua inglesa en los niveles primario, secundario y terciario / The Teacher of English: His Beliefs about English Language Assessment at Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels-Claudio Heraldo Díaz Larenas, Paola Alarcón Hernández, Mabel Andrea Ortiz Navarrete
La política lingüística de certificación de la competencia en lengua extranjera en la Universidad de Antioquia: un análisis desde el discurso-Elsa Adriana Restrepo Sepúlveda
DIDACTICA DE ENSEÑANZA A TRAVES DE SIGNOS VISUALES
5. El lenguaje de la imagen y el desarrollo de la actitud crítica en el aula: propuesta didáctica para la lectura de signos visuales- Rafael Alberto Barragán Gómez, Wilson Gómez Moreno This article studies teachers’ practices concerning visual sings. Direct link:
Etnoenglish: trenzando palabras, historias y proyectos devida del pueblo Zenú / Weaving Words, Stories and Life Projects of the Zenu Town -Diana Luz Jaraba Ramirez, Adolfo Arrieta Carrascal This case study analyzes literature stories of the Zenú culture. Direct link:
-Clasificación de textos especializados a partir de su terminología Mg. Ricardo Guantiva Acosta, Dr. M. Teresa Cabré Castellví, Dr. Josep M. Castellà Lidon
This article deals with the classification of a specialized texts in particular one text related to the topic of “human genome, taking into account the detection of linguistic typology of terminology units within the texts. http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2687/2147
COMMUNICATION
-Tipos de comunicación en interacciones deportivasMg. Gloria Cecilia Vallejo Rendón,Dra. María Cecilia Plested Álvarez
This article has to do with the study of non-verbal communication used by football trainers during training sessions as a means of characterizing the representations of mobile conceptual units. http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2688/2148
-La escritura en la Historia: consideraciones acerca del arte literario y la narración históricaMg. Gustavo Adolfo Bedoya
This study demonstrates the degree of importance of history and literature by showing their differences according to a common understanding of “reality”. http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2690/2163 -Producción argumentativa escrita —lengua materna— en contextos educativos bilingües y monolingües: grados 6º, 7º y 8º-Angelmiro Galindo, Lina María Moreno
This article has to do with the comparison of the argumentative written production of bilingual and monolingual students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades in their mother tongue, as well as the influence of the bilingual students’ school grade on their argumentative written production.
-De l’usage des pronoms personnels dans deux traductions espagnoles de Tartuffe-Laurence Boudart This article deals with the use of personal pronouns in two Spanish translations whose gap is of nearly two hundred years. This study implemented a contrastive analysis of the two systems by providing an interesting view of the diachronic evolution of translation in Spain
-Cross-linguistic influence in multilingual language acquisition: The role of L1 and non-native languages in English and Catalan oral production- Mireia Ortega
This study analyzes third language acquisition taking into account the factors of cross-linguistic influence in the L1 (Spanish) on L2 (English) and L3 (Catalan) oral production.
-La crítica de traducción filosófica: el caso de Jacques J. Derrida- Nayelli Castro Ramírez
This article presents a set of critiques concerning philosophical translation based on polysemous textual fabric of philosophy and the notion of deconstructive criticism. Moreover, this article evokes some of the characteristics of philosophical translation.
-A Comparative Study of Turkish and Spanish Translations of The Crucible- María Pilar González Vera, Filiz Yalcin Tilfarlioglu
-Fórmulas de tratamiento nominales para la pareja en el habla juvenil medellinense- Milton Daniel Castellano Ascencio
This article presents a lexical-pragmatic description of nominal forms of address (NFA) used by young people in Medellin when addressing their significant other. http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2685/2145 -Development of Spanish requests and apologies during study abroad- Rachel L. Shively, Andrew D.
-Caracterização dos espaços monárquicos em Quatrevingt-treize de Victor Hugo -Rosária Cristina Costa Ribeiro
This article analyzed the literaty composition of a traditional historical novel analyzed related to how The French Revolution redefined some meanings and contributed to the formation of the contemporary world. http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/issue/view/320/showToc
2007
Vol 12, No 18 [January-December 2007]
TRANSLATION
-Selección textual y progresión en la enseñanza introductoria a la traducción jurídica-Marie Evelyne Le Poder
This article is about the selection and progression in teaching the initiation phase of legal translation.
-La enseñanza por competencias, por tareas y por objetivos de aprendizaje: el caso de la traducción jurídica portugués-español-Anabel Galán Mañas
This paper presents some of the guidelines that should be taken into account in the design of a proposal for teaching translation from Portuguese into Spanish: the necessary competences, the pedagogical conception, the learning context, the learning objectives and contents, the teaching progression, the didactical units and the different types of assessment.
-Caníbales por Cali van: Andrés Caicedo y el gótico tropical-Felipe Gómez
This article evokes cannibalism and vampirism films and fiction made by the Colombian interdisciplinary collective known as Grupo de Cali (the Cali Group).
-La langue-culture et les dimensions interculturelles dans l’enseignement et l’apprentissage d’une langue étrangèreDra. Lucia María de Assunção Barbosa
This article presents some general considerations involving the cultural dimension in the context of teaching and learning a foreign language. It also clarifies certain aspects of the word “culture”, demonstrating how it differs from the word “civilization”
-An Intercultural Approach for Language Teaching: Developing Critical Cultural Awareness Mg.John Jader Agudelo
This article presents the pedagogical experience of a teacher implementing an intercultural approach in an undergraduate foreign language teaching program.
Learning Through Communication In The EFL Class: Going Beyond The PPP ApproachJosé David Herazo Rivera, Sonia María Jerez Rodríguez, Danilza Lorduy Arellano
ABSTRACT
Abstract Today, it seems clear that the goal of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning in Colombia is to foster communicative ability. However, the role communication is usually given in classrooms, that of displaying previously taught language items, poses limitations on the value it might have for developing EFL proficiency. In this paper, we disagree with the assumption that communication can only take place when learners have learned and defend the position that it might happen when learners are learning. Our position is supported with grounded theoretical reflection as well as with data coming from the EFL class of a group of sixth graders during an ongoing action research project on the use of task-based learning (TBL) to develop citizenship and EFL proficiency.
Keywords: communication, learning tasks, PPP approach, EFL teaching and learning
Maybe the name of the course does not fit with you will be doing throughout this course. Mmm, Yes, you'll be doing more than an Ethnography, you will write a research proposal. Of course you may choose an ethnographic design. Don't blame me, I was not the one who name these courses. In order to start getting the big picture of this course, you may read its syllabus.
designing a research proposals is one of the key aspects for a pre-service foreign language teacher. Therefore, this course is aimed at providing the participants with the theoretical foundations and a practical experience to write a research proposal. Students will have the opportunity to read quantitative and qualitative research proposals in the area of learning and teaching foreign languages. This is the second course of the research component. The number of direct hours is 128, 64 hrs in French, and a similar number of hours in English. Although the students take the total number of hours, they are required to choose one of the two languages to write a proposal. First Assignment. Based on the first activity we had this morning from which several definitions and thoughts were shared on the concept of research proposal, now you will have the opportunity to expand on a specific word from the list of the key words that describe a research proposal.
The main purpose of a research proposal is to show that the problem you propose to investigate is significant enough to warrant the investigation, the method you plan to use is suitable and feasible, and the results are likely to prove fruitful and will make an original contribution. In short, what you are answering is 'will it work?'http://www.uq.edu.au/student-services/phdwriting/phfaq01.html WHAT HAPPEN WITH OUR COMMENTS or DEFINITIONS??? PLEASE DON'T ERASE!! By: Moni AGAIN:
A research proposal usually consists of the following elements:
A title
A problem statement/question
A subproblem statement
Hypotheses statement
Demarcation of the terrain of study (assumptions, limitations and delimitations)
Definition of terminology
Indication of the importance/significance of the study
Review of related literature
A careful and detailed analysis of the proposed research procedures
Developing Reflective and Investigative Skills in Teacher Preparation Programs:
The design and implementation of the Classroom Research Component at the Foreign Language Program of Universidad del Valle http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art2.pdf In this article the author describes her process and experience in studying, designing, planning and implementing the Classroom Research Component in the first five semesters of the Licenciatura program at the School of Language Science, Universidad del Valle.
Teacher researchers as writers: A way to sharing findings
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art3.pdf This paper is about a teacher development programme (TDP) for teachers of English at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogotá which has incorporated the research element as a means to motivate practitioners to widen professional knowledge.
Growing together as teacher researchers
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art4.pdf This article focuses on the description of an innovative academic program implemented at Distrital University in Bogotá, Colombia that aimed at facilitating EFL teachers’ undertaking of research in schools in Bogotá.
Through the eyes of a researcher: A school’s literacy project
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art6.pdf This article is a final report of a research study which aims at describing the process lived by the English coordinator and a group of high school teachers from various disciplines which was sponsored by el Instituto para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Pedagógico - IDEP (one of the most serious institutions that support educational research in Colombia).
Teachers’ informed decision-making in evaluation: Corollary of ELT curriculum as a human lived experience
This article characterizes informed decision-making as one important activity of evaluation in the English Language Teaching (ELT) curriculum. It emphasizes on a distinction between human and technical approaches to evaluation.
Validation of an oral assessment tool for classroom use
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art8.pdf The purpose of this research study was to examine the rater reliability and the concurrent validity of the Language Center oral assessment rubric (LCR) with the KET (Key English Test) and PET (Preliminary English Test), Cambridge Examinations.
A framework to build readers and writers in the second language classroom
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art9.pdf This article proposes a framework to create readers and writers in the second language classroom. The components of the framework are curriculum, instruction and assessment.
Analysis of pedagogical and cultural situations from the vantage point of discourse analysis
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2003/Art10.pdf This paper encompasses analyses of pedagogical and cultural situations from the perspective of some of the authors studied in the discourse analysis class. Cultural authenticity and cultural stereotypes are dealt with stemming from real issues.
This is a historical review of approaches used to support students’ writing in English as a foreign or second language , as well as of Colombian teachers’ efforts to guide their pupils’ in this area becomes the starting point for this qualitative research.
Grammatical sensitivity: a correlational-explanatory study on brain dominance and EFl training to improve gains
http://calj.udistrital.edu.co/pdf_files/App_2008/4.%20Gramatical.pdf This article provides a report on a finished piece of research. The study is divided into two stages. Firstly, the brain dominance and grammatical sensitivity of Pedagogy and Medical students in a Chilean university were measured. The correlation of both variables shows that Medical students are better at grammatical sensitivity than Pedagogy students and that left-brain dominance involves higher levels of grammatical sensitivity than right-brain dominance.
‘I said it!’ ‘I’m first!’: Gender and language-learner identities
This paper aims to provide teachers with a resource to assist them in understanding the inner workings of young English Language Learners (ELLs) and how they externalize their thoughts in either their first or second language.
Psycho-linguistic and socio-cultural approaches to language learning: A never ending debate
This paper critically examines psycholinguistic and socio-cultural approaches for language learning. It provides a thorough discussion of the ontological positions where they originate, the methods they use, some relevant work under each perspective and most importantly criticisms that each perspective faces. By: Mayra Alejandra Camacho Ardila
Matices en Lenguas Extranjeras, Electronic Journal - Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras
2007
La autonomía en el aprendizaje y en la enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras: Una mirada desde el contexto de la educación superior
Usma Wilches Jaime A.Este artículo explora el modelo denominado “Instructional Decision-Making” (IDM) (Toma de Decisiones del Docente) como un medio para conectar la teoría existente en el área de adquisición de segundas lenguas (SLA) y la práctica en la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de un idioma..
La representación de los modos de leer y escribir de 23 niños con “problemas” académicos en una escuela pública, a partir de algunos ejercicios de comprensión lectora y de producción escrita (incluyendo 5 cartas)
http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/viewFile/10684/11372 Rey González Silvia Alejandra El presente artículo pretende esbozar de manera condensada el procedimiento, las implicaciones y el análisis de algunos de los ejercicios de comprensión lectora y producción escrita desarrollados con un grupo de 23 niños de grado sexto, haciendo énfasis en cinco cartas de estudiantes de ese mismo grado, para representar los resultados de una investigación de corte cualitativo y etnográfico. 2008
¿Qué espera la sociedad colombiana de los profesores de lenguas extranjeras?
Iniciación de procesos autónomos a través de la reflexión de estudiantes ydocentes acerca del uso de estrategias de aprendizaje
http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/viewFile/13862/14718
Jahir Aguirre Morales
This article reports the results of a small scale research project carried out at a public university in
Colombia. This research study aimed at describing the kind of reflections that six first level English
students, belonging to a Language Institute, carried out after being guided in the use of language
learning strategies to initiate autonomous learning processes. The findings showed that students
reflected upon their own language learning, they realized that there were useful strategies for them
and they recognized the need for guidance...
Olga Lucía Uribe Enciso
This paper tries to follow a chronological thread towards which
cognitive and pedagogical concepts of LS e.g. LS conscious or unconscious nature, LS
differences or similarities to CS (Communication Strategies), and LS classifications derived
from such conceptions, are drawn together.
Developing receptive skills in two modern languages: some facilitating and hindering factors
http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/viewFile/30140/30325
Erzsébet Bárány,
The present paper describes the findings concerning the receptive skills (listening and reading) in two modern languages (English and Ukrainian) of ten-year-old Hungarian children living in a minority context in Ukraine.
The Transformation of the Protagonist’s Personality in the Tragedy of King Learhttp://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/male/article/viewFile/30141/30326 Edwin Martínez Pulido The main interest of the present paper is to show the development or configuration of the personality of the tragic hero in Shakespeare’s tragedy King Lear, and especially in what has to do with the two facets just outlined, that is, the inward aspect as well as the relational one. To achieve this objective I will be...
ÍKALA
2012
The most recent Íkala publication is vol. 17 N.1 which comprises from January to April 2012 (5) research articles, a case study and a review.READING:
This article reports the positive and negative effects of an EFL reading comprehension distance web-based course.
Direct link: http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/9489
- Maestro, traductor y tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la Escuela de Idiomas de la Universidad de Antioquia: realidades y retos- María Elena Ardila Restrepo, Luz María Becerra Naranjo, Natalia Isabel Cañas Gil
Este artículo describe los efectos positivos y negativos en un curso de competencia lectora en lengua extranjera inglés en modalidad a distancia en la red basados en cuatro modelos de interacción.Direct link:
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/9828
· EFL ASSESSMENT:
- El profesor de inglés: sus creencias sobre la evaluación de la lengua inglesa en los niveles primario, secundario y terciario / The Teacher of English: His Beliefs about English Language Assessment at Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels- Claudio Heraldo Díaz Larenas, Paola Alarcón Hernández, Mabel Andrea Ortiz Navarrete
Direct link://http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/10039//
- La política lingüística de certificación de la competencia en lengua extranjera en la Universidad de Antioquia: un análisis desde el discurso- Elsa Adriana Restrepo Sepúlveda
Direct link:http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/8016
DIDACTICA DE ENSEÑANZA A TRAVES DE SIGNOS VISUALES
5. El lenguaje de la imagen y el desarrollo de la actitud crítica en el aula: propuesta didáctica para la lectura de signos visuales- Rafael Alberto Barragán Gómez, Wilson Gómez Moreno
This article studies teachers’ practices concerning visual sings.
Direct link:
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/7999
LITERATURE
Etnoenglish: trenzando palabras, historias y proyectos devida del pueblo Zenú / Weaving Words, Stories and Life Projects of the Zenu Town -Diana Luz Jaraba Ramirez, Adolfo Arrieta CarrascalThis case study analyzes literature stories of the Zenú culture.
Direct link:
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/7938
HERIDAS URBANAS- (urban wounds)
It is a review concerning the actual changes.Direct link:
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/11271/10491
2008
1. Vol 13, No 19 [January-June 2008]
LINGUISTICS
-Clasificación de textos especializados a partir de su terminología Mg. Ricardo Guantiva Acosta, Dr. M. Teresa Cabré Castellví, Dr. Josep M. Castellà LidonThis article deals with the classification of a specialized texts in particular one text related to the topic of “human genome, taking into account the detection of linguistic typology of terminology units within the texts.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2687/2147
COMMUNICATION
-Tipos de comunicación en interacciones deportivas Mg. Gloria Cecilia Vallejo Rendón,Dra. María Cecilia Plested Álvarez
This article has to do with the study of non-verbal communication used by football trainers during training sessions as a means of characterizing the representations of mobile conceptual units.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2688/2148
-Intelectuales, educación y difusión del conocimiento en México Ph.D Luis Ochoa Bilbao
This article depicts the educational role of intellectuals in the diffusion of history, culture, political education and science in the Mexican mass media.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2689/2149
WRITING
-La escritura en la Historia: consideraciones acerca del arte literario y la narración histórica Mg. Gustavo Adolfo BedoyaThis study demonstrates the degree of importance of history and literature by showing their differences according to a common understanding of “reality”.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2690/2163
-Producción argumentativa escrita —lengua materna— en contextos educativos bilingües y monolingües: grados 6º, 7º y 8º-Angelmiro Galindo, Lina María Moreno
This article has to do with the comparison of the argumentative written production of bilingual and monolingual students in 6th, 7th and 8th grades in their mother tongue, as well as the influence of the bilingual students’ school grade on their argumentative written production.
**http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2695/2152**
TRANSLATION
-De l’usage des pronoms personnels dans deux traductions espagnoles de Tartuffe- Laurence Boudart
This article deals with the use of personal pronouns in two Spanish translations whose gap is of nearly two hundred years. This study implemented a contrastive analysis of the two systems by providing an interesting view of the diachronic evolution of translation in Spain
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2693/2150
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
-Cross-linguistic influence in multilingual language acquisition: The role of L1 and non-native languages in English and Catalan oral production- Mireia Ortega
This study analyzes third language acquisition taking into account the factors of cross-linguistic influence in the L1 (Spanish) on L2 (English) and L3 (Catalan) oral production.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2694/2151
PEER- TUTORING
-Un modelo tutorial entre compañeros como apoyo al aprendizaje autónomo del inglés-John Jairo Viáfara González, Judith Aleida Ariza Ariza
This article illustrates the basic principles in peer-tutoring concerning student–tutor and the model of the tutoring process.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2696/2153
2. Vol 13, No 20 [July-December 2008]
TRANSLATION
-La crítica de traducción filosófica: el caso de Jacques J. Derrida- Nayelli Castro Ramírez
This article presents a set of critiques concerning philosophical translation based on polysemous textual fabric of philosophy and the notion of deconstructive criticism. Moreover, this article evokes some of the characteristics of philosophical translation.
-A Comparative Study of Turkish and Spanish Translations of The Crucible- María Pilar González Vera, Filiz Yalcin Tilfarlioglu
This article analyzes how power and gender relationships affect the translation process of a literary text. More specifically, this article examines the translation of linguistic politeness and politic behavior in Arthur Miller’s text entitled The Crucible
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2681/9676//**
MATERIALS USE
-El texto literario en la clase de español como lengua extranjera: propuestas y modelos de uso Khemais JouiniThis article is aimed at encouraging the use of literary texts in Spanish as a foreign language in intermediate/advanced level as a means of giving an input which comprises oral and written skills and integrates communication skills.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2684/2144
INTERACTION
-Fórmulas de tratamiento nominales para la pareja en el habla juvenil medellinense- Milton Daniel Castellano Ascencio
This article presents a lexical-pragmatic description of nominal forms of address (NFA) used by young people in Medellin when addressing their significant other.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2685/2145
-Development of Spanish requests and apologies during study abroad- Rachel L. Shively, Andrew D.
The present study analyzed the requests and apologies pragmatic appropriateness of 67 U.S. American students before and after spending one semester in a Spanish-speaking country.
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2683/2192//**
LITERATURE
-Caracterização dos espaços monárquicos em Quatrevingt-treize de Victor Hugo - Rosária Cristina Costa Ribeiro
This article analyzed the literaty composition of a traditional historical novel analyzed related to how The French Revolution redefined some meanings and contributed to the formation of the contemporary world.
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/issue/view/320/showToc
2007
Vol 12, No 18 [January-December 2007]
TRANSLATION
-Selección textual y progresión en la enseñanza introductoria a la traducción jurídica-Marie Evelyne Le Poder
This article is about the selection and progression in teaching the initiation phase of legal translation.
**http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2711/2164**
-La enseñanza por competencias, por tareas y por objetivos de aprendizaje: el caso de la traducción jurídica portugués-español-Anabel Galán Mañas
This paper presents some of the guidelines that should be taken into account in the design of a proposal for teaching translation from Portuguese into Spanish: the necessary competences, the pedagogical conception, the learning context, the learning objectives and contents, the teaching progression, the didactical units and the different types of assessment.
**http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2712/2165**
-Lenguas híbridas, traducción y desafíos poscoloniales
This essay focuses on multilinguality, creolization, hybridization and creative borrowing, as topics influencing translation.
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2713/2166//**
CULTURE
-Folclore, erudición y empirismo en la España del siglo XVI: un ejemplo en Persiles de Cervantes-Lucas Marchante Aragón
This article explains reality in sixteenth and seventeenth century Spain.
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2714/2167//**
-Caníbales por Cali van: Andrés Caicedo y el gótico tropical-Felipe Gómez
This article evokes cannibalism and vampirism films and fiction made by the Colombian interdisciplinary collective known as Grupo de Cali (the Cali Group).
http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2715/2168
-La langue-culture et les dimensions interculturelles dans l’enseignement et l’apprentissage d’une langue étrangère Dra. Lucia María de Assunção Barbosa
This article presents some general considerations involving the cultural dimension in the context of teaching and learning a foreign language. It also clarifies certain aspects of the word “culture”, demonstrating how it differs from the word “civilization”
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2717/2170//**
LANGUAGE TEACHING
-An Intercultural Approach for Language Teaching: Developing Critical Cultural Awareness Mg. John Jader Agudelo
This article presents the pedagogical experience of a teacher implementing an intercultural approach in an undergraduate foreign language teaching program.
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2718/2171//**
-Teacher Autonomy: A Critical Review of the Research and Concept beyond Applied Linguistics Mg. Jaime Usma Wilches
**//http://aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co/revistas/index.php/ikala/article/view/2720/2173//**
IKALA - 2009
Learning Through Communication In The EFL Class: Going Beyond The PPP ApproachJosé David Herazo Rivera, Sonia María Jerez Rodríguez, Danilza Lorduy Arellano
ABSTRACT
Abstract Today, it seems clear that the goal of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching and learning in Colombia is to foster communicative ability. However, the role communication is usually given in classrooms, that of displaying previously taught language items, poses limitations on the value it might have for developing EFL proficiency. In this paper, we disagree with the assumption that communication can only take place when learners have learned and defend the position that it might happen when learners are learning. Our position is supported with grounded theoretical reflection as well as with data coming from the EFL class of a group of sixth graders during an ongoing action research project on the use of task-based learning (TBL) to develop citizenship and EFL proficiency.
Keywords: communication, learning tasks, PPP approach, EFL teaching and learning
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Maybe the name of the course does not fit with you will be doing throughout this course. Mmm, Yes, you'll be doing more than an Ethnography, you will write a research proposal. Of course you may choose an ethnographic design. Don't blame me, I was not the one who name these courses. In order to start getting the big picture of this course, you may read its syllabus.
designing a research proposals is one of the key aspects for a pre-service foreign language teacher. Therefore, this course is aimed at providing the participants with the theoretical foundations and a practical experience to write a research proposal. Students will have the opportunity to read quantitative and qualitative research proposals in the area of learning and teaching foreign languages.
This is the second course of the research component. The number of direct hours is 128, 64 hrs in French, and a similar number of hours in English. Although the students take the total number of hours, they are required to choose one of the two languages to write a proposal.
First Assignment. Based on the first activity we had this morning from which several definitions and thoughts were shared on the concept of research proposal, now you will have the opportunity to expand on a specific word from the list of the key words that describe a research proposal.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~syverson/basicinfo/proposal
http://www.meaning.ca/archives/archive/art_how_to_write_P_Wong.htm
The main purpose of a research proposal is to show that the problem you propose to investigate is significant enough to warrant the investigation, the method you plan to use is suitable and feasible, and the results are likely to prove fruitful and will make an original contribution. In short, what you are answering is 'will it work?' http://www.uq.edu.au/student-services/phdwriting/phfaq01.html
WHAT HAPPEN WITH OUR COMMENTS or DEFINITIONS??? PLEASE DON'T ERASE!!
By: Moni
AGAIN:
- A research proposal usually consists of the following elements:
COLOMBIAN APPLIED LINGUISCS JOURNAL- A title
- A problem statement/question
- A subproblem statement
- Hypotheses statement
- Demarcation of the terrain of study (assumptions, limitations and delimitations)
- Definition of terminology
- Indication of the importance/significance of the study
- Review of related literature
- A careful and detailed analysis of the proposed research procedures
- A time schedule
- A budget (where applicable)
- Researcher's qualifications
- A resource list
http://www.nmmu.ac.za/robert/resprop.htmHOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL???
http://ic.daad.de/accra/download/How_to_write_a_research_proposal.pdf
http://www.isos.salford.ac.uk/how_to_write_a_research_proposal.php By: MOni
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